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R. Krishna Kumar MD, DM, FAHA

Under Dr. Krishna Kumar’s leadership, the Pediatric Heart Program at the Amrita Hospital has acquired global reputation in quality of clinical services, research and training. The program received the BMJ award for quality improvement (2014) and status of center of excellence in research by ICMR (2023). A substantial proportion of the national work force in pediatric cardiology has been trained at Amrita Hospital. His interests relate to epidemiology of pediatric heart disease, cost effective care and population-based programs for care delivery. He conducted a number of projects as a principal investigator for ICMR and has published over 250 indexed original and review articles and edited four textbooks.